Metabirthday

This is me taking a picture of me filming my cake. Because I'm a dork, but I have to admit that I kinda like it.

Birthday recap:

Mamma Lucia ravioli and a glass of wine for lunch. Nice. 

My new brother made me a peanut butter cake, with chocolate Amaretto pears and peanut butter tracks ice cream. I like him. He is nice. The end.

My sister made a fabulous dinner.

A little more sleep than usual.

Cowboy Junkies tickets for a tiny venue in January, which is very nice.

I cried, because I'm an idiot, and I haven't cried in days and days. Weeks, perhaps. Next year I would like not to cry on my birthday, please.   

Many, many calls and messages from my friends, which was nice. And last night, I went down to my friend Karen's to commiserate over our mutual December birthdays, and we hung out in her beyond-comprehension hot tub. You haven't lived til you've been outside in the winter in a hot tub with a reclining massage chair in it. Seriously.

Now I'm getting on a Chinatown bus, because that's how I roll, and heading to NYC for New Year's. If you're anything like me, you really don't see the point in all the madness of New Year's Eve, and the heavy expectation of funfunfun, and you might really rather be hanging out with the dog and the television, pondering the whole concept of resolutions and the passage of time and all that jazz. But that's what I did last year, and it kicked off a nice 2006 that went WAY better than 2005 (which wasn't difficult, trust me.) So this year I'm going to kick it up a notch from the gate, and we'll see how that turns out.  I hear they're testing the confetti in Time's Square already, and you really can't experience that anyplace else.

If you're reading this, I wish you the most outstanding, wondrous, and meaningful 2007. Each year is a little different, but so far the common thread is that I learn more and grow more and become more at home in myself than the one before, whether I like it or not. At least I still have pretty good hair.

n 

Comments

[marit]

Happy Birthday and Happy New Year.

The cake pic kicks ass. And so does your hair.